Which upgrade should I get for my MacBook Air( i7 or 8GB RAM )

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Which upgrade should I get for my MacBook Air( i7 or 8GB RAM )

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I'll be purchasing the MacBook Air 13 inch this month and I have an option to either upgrade the processor of my Mac to a 2.2 GHz i7 processor or upgrade the RAM to 8 GBs... I can't go for both of them as my budget is real tight... I'm into light video editing for my YouTube channel but I do use photoshop a lot and sometimes I have to handle extremely heavy photoshop files too... I'm also a student of computer science so I'll be coding on my computer very frequently..

Can someone please help me in choosing between the upgrades?

Thank You so much!

iPad Air Wi-Fi, iOS 7.0.6

Posted on Mar 31, 2015 12:11 AM

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mende1

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Mar 31, 2015 12:25 AM in response to Priyaanshu

You really need 8 GB of RAM. Moreover, you may consider the MacBook Pro if Photoshop work is important for you.

Nowadays, most PCs come with 8 GB of RAM, and this is the minimum amount I recommend in order to be able to use future OS X versions with good performance. Also, remember that Photoshop is a heavy application, so you need that amount of RAM.

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Priyaanshu Author

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Mar 31, 2015 12:27 AM in response to mende1

Thank You so much for your reply!! I'll go for the 8gb RAM upgrade then! I really wanted to get the MacBook pro but as I said earlier.. My budget is real tight...

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mende1

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Mar 31, 2015 1:57 AM in response to Priyaanshu

You are welcome

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